# Shubham Saraf

Shubham Saraf (born March 1992) is a British actor. He earned an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination. On television, he is known for his roles in the Netflix crime anthology Criminal: UK (2019–), the BBC One drama A Suitable Boy (2020), and the Apple TV+ series Shantaram (2022). His films include Honour (2014).

## Early life

Saraf was born in Calcutta. He spent his early childhood in Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago, before moving to London when he was 7 or 8. He attended St Paul's School, London, where he acted in student productions. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2013. He then spent a year with the École Philippe Gaulier in Paris before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2017.

## Career

Saraf appeared in the 2014 films Honour and The Cut. He made his professional stage debut in 2017 as revolutionary Dinesh Gupta in Lions and Tigers at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. In 2018, he appeared in the BBC One political thriller Bodyguard as PR adviser Tahir Mahmood. He also had stage roles in a gender-swapped version of Hamlet at Shakespeare's Globe and An Adventure Bush Theatre.
The following year, Saraf began starring as Detective Constable Kyle Petit in the Netflix crime anthology Criminal: UK. He was in the main cast of the BBC One drama miniseries A Suitable Boy as Nawabzada Firoz Khan. He appeared in Three Sisters at the Almeida Theatre and Romeo and Juliet at the National Theatre. In 2022, Saraf starred as Prabhu Kharre in the Apple TV+ adaptation of Shantaram and played Nathuram Godse in The Father and the Assassin, also at the National, the latter of which earned Saraf an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Suspension of Disbelief | Student | |
| 2013 | Miss | Man | Short film |
| 2014 | Honour | Adel | |
| 2014 | The Cut | Levon | |
| 2016 | Tape | Daniel Giulani | |
| 2017 | This Feels Fucking Weird | | Short film |
| 2018 | Overlord | Hays | |
| 2018 | Shakespeare's Globe: Hamlet | Ophelia, Osric | Recording |
| 2019 | 6 Underground | Man | |
| 2020 | Acrimonious | Caspar | Short film |
| 2020 | Bath Salts | Sham | Short film |
| 2021 | The Power | Junior Doctor | Zee5 film |
| 2021 | The Track | Harry | Short film |
| 2023 | Blind | Nikhil Saraf | JioCinema film |
| 2023 | The Dandies of Albertopolis | Julius | Short film |
| TBA | I'll Play Mother | Cyrus | |
| TBA | Untitled Cliffhanger film | TBA | Filming |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Fresh Meat | Protester | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Bodyguard | Tahir Mahmood | Recurring role (3 episodes) |
| 2019–present | Criminal: UK | Kyle Petit | Main role (6 episodes) |
| 2020 | A Suitable Boy | Nawabzada Firoz Khan | Miniseries; main role (6 episodes) |
| 2021 | Romeo and Juliet | Benvolio | Television recording |
| 2022 | Shantaram | Prabaker "Prabhu" Kharre | Main role |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Lions and Tigers | Dinesh Gupta | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London |
| 2018 | Hamlet | Ophelia, Osric | Globe Theatre, London |
| 2018 | An Adventure | Rasik | Bush Theatre, London |
| 2019 | Three Sisters | Nikolay Tuzenbach | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 2021 | Romeo and Juliet | Benvolio | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2022 | The Father and the Assassin | Nathuram Godse | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2023 | When Winston Went to War with the Wireless | Peter Eckersley | Donmar Warehouse, London |
| 2024 | An Enemy of the People | Hovstad | Duke of York’s Theatre, London |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | The Father and the Assassin | Nominated | |